Liquid liabilities to GDP in Botswana
Botswana: Liquid liabilities to GDP was 48.3% in 2021. ▲ Rising
Liquid liabilities to GDP in Botswana, 1976–2021
Source: International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in %.
Analysis
Botswana recorded 48.3% for liquid liabilities to gdp in 2021.
The figure is down 7.2% on the previous year and up 13.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, liquid liabilities to gdp in Botswana peaked at 52.7% in 2009 and was at its lowest, 19.8%, in 1996.
Botswana ranks 120th of 184 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 46 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 27.4% | 24.7% | 29.8% | 4 |
| 1980s | 25.9% | 22.9% | 30.7% | 10 |
| 1990s | 23.9% | 19.8% | 28.5% | 10 |
| 2000s | 37.1% | 24.8% | 52.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 44.7% | 39.7% | 49.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 50.1% | 48.3% | 52.0% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Botswana
More financial sector data for Botswana
- Domestic credit to private sector by banks 33.1% (2025)
- Total reserves in months of imports 4.76 (2024)
- Net domestic credit 119.01 billion current LCU (2025)
- Net foreign assets 60.03 billion current LCU (2025)
- Monetary Sector credit to private sector 33.2% (2025)
- Broad money 44.1% (2024)
- Claims on central government, etc. 17.4% (2025)
- Domestic credit to private sector 33.2% (2025)
- Official exchange rate 13.5 LCU per US$, period average (2025)
- Net migration -5,665 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is liquid liabilities to gdp in Botswana?
- Liquid liabilities to gdp in Botswana was 48.3% in 2021, according to International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest liquid liabilities to gdp recorded in Botswana?
- The highest recorded value was 52.7% in 2009.
- What is the lowest liquid liabilities to gdp recorded in Botswana?
- The lowest recorded value was 19.8% in 1996.
- How does Botswana rank for liquid liabilities to gdp?
- Botswana ranks 120th out of 184 countries with data for 2021.
- Is liquid liabilities to gdp rising or falling in Botswana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Botswana data come from?
- The figures come from International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Liquid liabilities to GDP (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 46 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
About this data
Ratio of liquid liabilities to GDP, calculated using the following deflation method: {(0.5)*[Ft/P_et + Ft-1/P_et-1]}/[GDPt/P_at] where F is liquid liabilities, P_e is end-of period CPI, and P_a is average annual CPI. Raw data are from the electronic version of the IMF's International Financial Statistics. Liquid liabilities (IFS lines 55L or, if not available, line 35L); GDP in local currency (IFS line 99B..ZF or, if not available, line 99B.CZF); end-of period CPI (IFS line 64M..ZF or, if not available, 64Q..ZF); and average annual CPI is calculated using the monthly CPI values (IFS line 64M..ZF) For Eurocurrency area countries liquid liabilities are estimated by summing IFS items 34A, 34B and 35.